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Archive for November, 2013

SEGA Tunes: Girlz Melon Turns Oil Ocean into a Metal Masterpiece

Saturday, November 16th, 2013

Scottish internet metal sensation Girlz Melon returns with an absolutely ripping take on Oil Ocean Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Check out the video below:

Like the track? Download it for free from Girlz Melon’s soundcloud page.

Read-Only Memory Take to Kickstarter for SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Collected Works Book

Monday, November 11th, 2013

Read-Only Memory (the team behind the Sensible Software 1986–1999 book) have taken to Kickstarter to seek funding for their next book entitled SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works. The hardback, litho printed book features 20 interviews with key SEGA development staff as well as features on many classic games like Streets of Rage, Sonic the Hedgehog and Gunstar Heroes.

A copy of the book will cost you £30 with additional postage costs for those outside the UK. The final product is expected to launch in June 2014. The project as already raised a whopping £17,899 of its £30,000 goal with 27 days left to go.

Click here to be taken straight to the Kickstarter page for SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works.

SEGA Tunes: This Unreleased Jetzons Song is Remarkably Familiar

Monday, November 11th, 2013

More details have emerged in regards to Michael Jackson’s involvement in the Sonic 3 soundtrack and it’s coming from an unlikely source. Brad Buxer who used to play keyboards in The Jetzons was working with Jackson on the soundtrack to the game but in a previous interview he wasn’t aware of what songs made it into the final release.

A staff member over at Sonic Retro has discovered an amazing similarity with a Jetzons song called ‘Hard Times’. Check out the song below and you might be surprised as to how similar it is to a song that features on the Sonic 3 soundtrack:

Yep, that melody is unmistakably Ice Cap! What an amazing find!

[Source: Sonic Retro]

SEGA Tunes: Smooth McGroove Tackles Dreamer from Streets of Rage 2

Monday, November 4th, 2013

The video game acapella sensation that is Smooth McGroove has returned to work his magic on Dreamer from Streets of Rage 2. It’s not often Mr. McGroove deals in SEGA tunes so it’s something quite special to hear him tackle a Yuzo Koshiro classic:

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